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This Month in IP: January 2026

Strong, consistent IP protections throughout U.S. history enabled the creation of innovative and useful technologies that we use regularly today. From campgrounds...

C4IP Coalition Updates: January 2026

January Highlights: Defending American IP on the Global Stage America’s intellectual property system increasingly faces challenges that come not from within the...

Debunking common myths in the SEP patent pool debate

Patent pools are a time-tested approach to licensing standard-essential patents, also known as SEPs. These collaborative arrangements allow implementers to conveniently obtain...

Inventor Spotlight: George de Mestral

C4IP is recognizing George de Mestral (1907-1990), whose invention of Velcro fasteners has become an integral part of products from clothing to...

Fact Check: Debunking The Myth of “Evergreening” and “Patent Thicketing”

Former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan recently appeared on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, where their discussion revived familiar tropes...

This Month in IP: December 2025

Strong, consistent IP protections throughout U.S. history enabled the creation of innovative and useful technologies that we use regularly today. From offices...

C4IP Coalition Updates: December 2025

December Highlights: Counterfeits and the Hidden Risks of Holiday Shopping For many American families, shopping is a central part of the holiday...

Inventor Spotlight: Augustine Sackett

C4IP is recognizing Augustine Sackett (1841-1914), whose invention of gypsum wallboard, or drywall, transformed building construction across America and around the world....

Fact Check: What Critics Get Wrong About the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act

A coalition of anti-patent groups — including the R Street Institute, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge, and others — recently sent...

C4IP Coalition Updates: November 2025

November Highlights: The Upcoming Review of the USMCA This fall marked the beginning of the first scheduled Joint Review process for the...

This Month in IP: November 2025

Strong, consistent IP protections throughout U.S. history enabled the creation of innovative and useful technologies that we use regularly today. From gardening...

Fact Check: Weakening the patent system won’t lower prices for patients. It would undermine medical progress.

In a recent STAT article, I-MAK CEO Tahir Amin argues that abuses of the patent system are leading to higher drug costs....

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Digital Piracy Throws Creative Ecosystem into Disarray,

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Fact Check: Proposed FTC Rule to Ban Non-Competes Will Hamper Innovation,

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C4IP Co-Sponsors 118th Congress Welcome Reception, featuring the Creative Rights Caucus,

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Strong IP Rights are Needed to Protect the Next Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige,

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America’s patent system isn’t broken — so it doesn’t need “fixing”,

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New Letter from Congress Threatens Innovation Ecosystem,

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The counterfeiters who steal Christmas,

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USTR: Don’t let opposition to TRIPS waiver expansion stop here,

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U.S. Senate Unanimously Passes the Patents for Humanity Act of 2022,

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IP: The Gift That Keeps On Giving,

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With an Eye Toward Innovation, China’s Xi Packs Gov’t as U.S. Lacks Innovation Commitment,

11/22/2022

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